CAUDES stands for Certified Audio Description Specialist.

This week on Outlook we’re speaking with Lolly Lijewski and Kim Charlson about recently released draft certification guidelines and criteria open for public comments until March 31st. Kim is Chair of the Academy for Certification of Visual Rehabilitation & Education Professionals/Subject Matter Experts Committee and Lolly and co-host Kerry met originally when taking some AD training and have since gone on to form a group of blind and sighted members who practice the art of crafting audio description together because we believe the collective collaborative team makes for a more authentic and representational finished product.

Now we have some thoughts and some questions about these proposed and drafted certification guidelines and Kim is with us to lay it all out. Everyone involved only wants the best quality product in the end for blind consumers and we’re happy to have this discussion as we look ahead to next steps in audio description’s evolution.

You can download and read the CAUDES Draft Certification Criteria by clicking this link:

https://www.acvrep.org/resource/docs/DRAFT%20Certified%20Audio%20Description%20Specialist%20certification%20criteria%201-2024.docx

Please consider sending any questions or comments on the criteria to [email protected]

(include CAUDES in the subject line)

If you’d like the document sent directly to your inbox, you can email Kim at [email protected]

And find the Audio Description Project here:

https://adp.acb.org